MICRO, a contract medical device manufacturer with a long tradition of engineering, a focus on design for manufacturing, and ongoing investments in modern automation, is celebrating its 80th anniversary at MD&M West 2025.
In the 1980s, MICRO, a family-run metal-stamping company, was contacted by a customer for help in transferring its in-house four-slide manufacturing of small metal components to another one of its facilities. MICRO, which was using multi-slide machines it had enhanced with functionality beyond basic metal forming, had another idea.
“We proposed an alternate solution: allowing us to make the parts for our customers in our New Jersey facility,” explains Brian Semcer, president of MICRO. “While they were initially hesitant, they invited us to collaborate with them to develop an improved component. Together, we successfully designed a toggle attachment to coin the features on a standard Nilsen four-slide at MICRO, and after months of joint development, the new and improved component was introduced.
Read the full article in Design News: Celebrating 80 Years of Engineering on www.designnews.com.
References
Daphne Allen, Editor-in-Chief (February 4, 2025). Celebrating 80 Years of Engineering. DesignNews Magazine. https://www.designnews.com/manufacturing/celebrating-80-years-of-engineering